Arab American Roster

The Roster of Arab Americans in Public Service and Political Life lists Americans of Arab descent who hold elected or appointed office on the local, county, state or federal level, as well as party activists and political professionals.

Since first published in 1991, the Roster has been a major source of pride for Arab Americans and a much-demanded resource on the breadth and growth of our involvement in the civic and political life of the United States.

Most of those listed on the Roster are members of the Arab American Leadership Council (ALC) which was founded in 1989 as the only national network to monitor and support the activity of elected and appointed officials, candidates for public office and party activists of Arab descent. In 2002 the ALC incorporated the Arab American Leadership PAC which was renamed the ALCPAC. Click here to learn more.

To be included in Roster, please click here and tell us your political and contact information. If you know of information that needs to be updated, please e-mail Hilary Robertson today!

Alabama

Judges

Alfred Bahakel, Circuit Judge, Jefferson County
Gloria Bahakel, Circuit Judge, Jefferson County

Arizona

Elected Officials

Paula Aboud, State Senator (28th District)
Matt Heinz, State Representative (29th District)
Michele Reagan, State Representative (8th District)
Jay Tibshraeny, State Senator (21st District)

Appointed Officials

Bishara Bahbah, Precinct Committeemen, Scottsdale Republican Party, Scottsdale
Sami Hamed, Chairperson, Transportation Advisory Committee and member of the Tucson Transit Task Force

Arkansas

Appointed Officials

Anita Langhover, Safety Coordinatory, Carroll County; 2nd VP Carroll County GOP; Chairman, Carroll County Citizen Corp Party Leaders
Abe Akel, Boone County Democratic Central Committee

Party Leaders

Mary Jane Akel, Vice Chair of Boone County Democratic Central Committee

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California

Elected Officials

Sam Abed, Escondido City Council
Luis Acle, San Diego School Board
Darrel Issa, U.S. House of Representatives (CA-49th District)
Dennis Zine, Assistant President Pro Tempore, Los Angeles City Council
Allan Mansoor, Mayor, City of Costa Mesa

Appointed Officials

Nour Al-Hashimi, Council Executive Assistant for Irvine City Councilman Larry Agran
Jamal Dajani, Commissioner, Immigrant Rights Commission
Albert Dib, President, Los Angeles Relocation Appeals Board
Mike Farrah, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services, City and County of San Francisco
Daniel Homsey, Director of Constituent Relations, City and County of San Francisco
Johnny Khamis, Chair, Government Operations Committee, Santa Clara Human Relations Commission
Gus Murad, Commissioner, Small Business Commission, City and County of San Francisco
Ross Nammar, San Jacinto City Manager
Simon Naoufal, Rialto Housing Beautification Commissioner
Thomas Nassif, Member, California Commission on Economic Development
Nadia Saad Bettendorf, Chair, Orange County Human Rights Commission
Suheil Shatara, Member, Land Marks Preservation Committee, San Francisco
Vicky Tamoush, Deputy Labor Commissioner
Terry A. Thomas, Chula Vista Resource Conservation Commissioner, Chula Vista Board of Ethics

Judges

Richard G. Berry, Superior Court Judge, San Diego
Peter C. Deddah, Superior Court Judge, San Diego
James A. Kaddo, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge

Party Leaders

Charlie Ara, President, Palm Desert Greens Democrats
John Bader, Regional Vice-Chair, California Congress of Republicans (San Francisco Bay Area)
Reed Hamzeh, Los Angeles County Democratic Central Committee
David Kawas, San Mateo County Republican Central Committee, California Republican Party
Johnny Khamis, President, San Jose Chapter; Republican Arab American Congress
Elias Khawam, California Democratic State Central Committee
Rima Nashashibi, Exec Board Member Democratic State Central Committee; Vice Chair, Democratic Party of Orange County
Tareef Nashashibi, Chairman Arab American Council, Republican State Central Committee, Orange County
Salim Qaru, San Mateo Central Committee, California Republican Party; President, San Mateo Republican Arab American Congress
Arkan Somo, Republican State Central Committee
Samira Haddad Tamer, Arab American Republican Caucus
Samuel Wakim, Vice Chair, Siskiyu County Republican Central Committee, California Republican Party

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Colorado

Appointed Officials

Troy A. Eid, U.S. Attorney
Diedra A. Garcia, State Personnel Board
John Zakhem, Colorado Justice Commission; Chairman, State Personnel Board
Dana Abdelnour, Lt. Governor’s Executive Assistant

Party Leaders

Suzanne Asaff Blankenship, Precinct Committee Chairperson, Jefferson County Democratic Party
Suzanne Asaff Blankenship, Chair, Jefferson County Progressives
Sam H. Zakhem, Republican Nationalities Council and Republican State Executive Committee
John Zakhem, Executive Committee of Denver County Republicans

Connecticut

Elected Officials

Paul “Lubus” Estefan, Director, Office of Emergency Management, Danbury
Ted Farah, Zoning Commission, Danbury
Theodore Haddad, Zoning Commission, Danbury
William A. Hamzy, State Representative (78th District)
Michael Jarjura, Mayor of Waterbury
Daniel Jowdy, City Treasurer, Danbury
Richard Jowdy, Zoning Commission, Danbury
Lori Kaback, Town Clerk, Danbury
Selim Noujaim, State Representative (74th District)
Thomas J. Saadi, Councilman, Danbury City Council

Appointed Officials

Thomas J. Saadi, Assistant Attorney General
Robert J. Yamin, Corporation Counsel and Chief Legal Officer, and Director of Legal Affairs, City of Danbury
Dianne E. Yamin, Associate Corporation Counsel
Raymond P. Yamin, Associate Corporation Counsel

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Judges

Hon. Fred Anthony, Judge of the Probate of Shelton
Paul Ganim, Judge of the Court of Probate, Bridgeport
Dianne E. Yamin, Judge of the Probate Court, Danbury

Party Leaders

Robert J. Yamin, Republican State Central Committee
Jimmetta Samaha, Secretary, Democratic State Central Committee

District of Columbia

Appointed Officials

Claudette Shwiry, D.C. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission

Party Leaders

Mai Abdul Rahman, Precinct Vice Chair Ward 3 Republican Party
Pamela Howar, Vice Chair, District of Columbia Republican Committee

Florida

Elected Officials

Angela Corey, State Attorney (4th Judicial Circuit)
Tommy Hazouri, Duval County School Board
Sam Saad III, Naples City Council

Appointed Officials

Norman Abraham, Chairman, Jacksonville Recreation Advisory Board
Al Maloof, Vice-Chair, Miami-Dade Expressway Authority
Donna E. Shalala, President, University of Miami

Judges

Rosemary Barkett, Judge, 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
Richard D. Eade, Circuit Court Judge (17th Circuit, Family Division)
Fred A. Hazouri, Judge, 4th District Court of Appeals
Nelly N. Khouzam, Appeals Court Judge (2nd District)
George Shahood, Judge
Adrian Soud, Jr. Circuit Court Judge (4th Circuit, Family Division)

Party Leaders

Edna Louise Saffy, Member of the Central Committee of the Duval County Democratic Executive Committee

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Georgia

Elected Officials

Joan Haddad Saliba, Mayor, Hartwell

Appointed Officials

Hani Q. Khoury, Executive Director, Mayor’s Commission for Disability Issues
Mary Zumot Abu-Akel, County Commissioner, DeKalb County

Party Leaders

Mary Zumot Abu-Akel, State Delegate, GA Republican Party

Hawaii

Party Leaders

Saleem Ahmed, State Central Committee Member, Democratic Party

Illinois

Elected Officials

Robert G. Abboud, Village President, Barrington Hills
George Caleel, Board of Trustees Oak Brook Village
Emil/Bill D. Haddad, Jr., York Township Committeeman, Dupage County

Appointed Officials

Clem Balanoff, Cook County Deputy Director – Elections
Gabriel F. Fakhouri, Illinois State Senate Advisory Committee
James Maloof, Human Rights Commission of Illinois
Terry Meriden, Governor's Advisory Board on Diabetes
Rouhy J. Shalabi, Director, Human Relations Commission, City of Chicago; Commissioner, Chicago Park District

Judges

James E. Shadid, 10th Circuit Judge, Peoria
Samual Betar, III., Circuit Court Judge of Cook County
Saffiya Shillo, Election Judge

Party Leaders

Maurice Salem, Chair, East Fishkill Democratic Party

Political Professionals

Ray Hanania, Bipartisan Political Consultant
Maysoon Deeb, Republican Campaign Consultant

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Indiana

Elected Officials

George Azar, City Councilman at Large, Terre Haute
Ray Azar, Vigo County Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Mitch Daniels, Governor
David Sabbagh, Member, Bloomington City Council, 5th District

Appointed Officials

Frank E. Shahadey, Deputy Sheriff, Vigo County Police
Danny Tanoos, Superintendent of Schools, Vigo County School Corporation

Judges

Larry Cary Sakel, Demotte Traffic Court Judge

Party Leaders

Michael T. Ellis, Secretary of Vigo Democratic Party
Kay Borchert, Democratic Precinct Chair

Iowa

Elected Officials

Riad G. Mahayni, Ames City Council ( D)

Appointed Officials

Miriam Amer, Chair, Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission

Judges

Albert Habhab, Senior Judge, Iowa Court of Appeals

Party Leaders

Newman Abuissa, Johnson County Democratic Central Committee
Linda Nassif, Linn County Republican Central Committee, Advisory Board Member
Jordan Trcka, 2nd Congressional District Democratic Central Committee

Political Professionals

Nader Helawa, LINK Strategies

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Kentucky

Elected Officials

Dennis George, Lebanon City Council

Judges

Doughlas George, Lebanon Circuit Court Judge, 11th district
Sheila Isaac, Senior Judge Program, Fayette County

Louisiana

Elected Officials

Bobby Abrusley, Mayor, Oakdale
Joey Alcede, City Marshal, Lake Charles
Charles Boustany, Lafayette City Coroner
Charles Boustany, Jr., U.S. Representative (LA-7th District)

Appointed Officials

Constance Koury, Louisiana Economic Development Corp.

Judges

Richard Haik, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana
Jay C. Zainey, Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana

Maine

Elected Officials

John Elias Baldacci, Governor

Maryland

Appointed Officials

Sam Abed, Secretary of Juvenile Services, Governor's Cabinet
Laila K. Atallah, Counsel Assistant Attorney General & the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development
Bilal Ayyub, Governor’s Commission on Middle Eastern Americans Affairs
Enas Elhanafi, Chair, Montgomery County Advisory Committee on Ethnic Affairs
Randa Fahmy Hudome, Chairperson, Maryland Commission for Women
Michele Forzley, Board member, Sister States Committee
Sid Saab, Member, Maryland Farm Bureau

Party Activists and Officials

Bilal Ayyub, Precinct Chair, District 15, Maryland Democratic Party
Sid Saab, Republican State Central Committee

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Massachusetts

Elected Officials

Helen Abdallah Donohue, Town of Norwood Board of Selectmen
Stephen Abraham, Register of the Probate, Worcester County Probate
Steven Baddour, State Senator (6th District, 1st Essex)
Patricia A. Haddad, State Representative, (5th Bristol)
Mary S. McElroy, Member, Board of Zoning Appeals, Weymouth Department of Planning and Community Development

Appointed Officials

AbdulKader C. Hamadeh, Design Review Committee, Town of Duxbury
Steven P. Kfoury, Executive Director, State Publications and Regulations, Office of Secretary of State
Mary S. McElroy, Zoning Board of Appeal
James G. Peters, Justice of the Peace; Notary Public; Commissioner, Brookline Commission of Disabled Persons
Susan Saliba, International Trade Specialist for the Middle East, Governor’s Office
Randa Shedid, Cambridge Human Rights Commission

Judges

Edward G. Daher, Chief Justice, Housing Court Department
Joseph Lian, Jr., First Justice, Worcester Probate and Family Court
Jan Lewis Najemy, Associate Justice, Worcester Juvenile Court

Party Leaders

Ashraf Hegazy, Member, Somerville Ward 6 Democratic Committee
Steven P. Kfoury, Ward Chairman, Lawrence Democratic Committee
Mushtaque A. Mirza, Chairman, Cambridge Democratic City Committee Ward #4; Member, Executive Board Massachusetts Democratic State Committee; Peace Commissioner, Cambridge City

Michigan

Elected Officials

Robert A. Abraham, Dearborn City Council
Abdul Algazali, Hamtramck City Council
Justin Amash, U.S. Representative (R-3rd District)
Tom Berry, Dearborn Heights City Councilman
Michael J. Bouchard, Sheriff, Oakland County
George T. Darany, State Representative (D-15th District)
Al Haidous, Mayor of Wayne
Sally Shaheen Joseph, Member, Board of Trustees, Mott Community College
Marianne Yared McGuire, Treasurer, Michigan State Board of Education
Nida Samona, Southfield City Council, Chair of Michigan Liquor Control Commission
Suzanne Sareini, Dearborn City Council
Rashida Tlaib, State Representative (12th District)
Ted B. Wahby, Treasurer, Macomb County

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Appointed Officials

Rana Abbas, Michigan Women’s Commission
Mohammed Abdrabboh, Civil Rights Commission, Office of Governor
Nancy A. Abraham, Assistant US Attorney, Flint, Michigan
Yvonna Abraham, Judicial Attorney, Wayne County Circuit Court
Fawzea B. Abusalah, Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth
Wendy Acho. Michigan Community Service Commission
Riad Ahmad, Investigator, Special Operations, Civil Process Unit, Sheriff’s Executive Administrative Offices, Wayne Co.
Ismael Ahmed, Associate Provost of Integrated Learning and Community Partnership at the University of Michigan-Dearborn; Vice President of the Michigan Democratic Party   
Peter Ajulni, MI Certificate of Need Commission , MI Osteopathic Medicine Advisory Board
Nass AlRayashi, Planning Commission, City of Dearborn
Mostafa Al Aswad, Michigan Department of Community Health
Alan Amen, Director, Grant Administrator, Wayne County
Ronald Amen, Executive Assistant, Michigan Human Relations Commission, City of Livonia
Dr. Yahya Basha, Commissioner, Michigan Department of Civil Rights
Diane Bayeh, Treasurer, Mount Morris Township
Joe Beydoun, Mayor’s Citizens Liaison, City of Dearborn
Kenwah Dabaja, Policy Analyst, State House of Representatives, Democratic Central Staff
Amne Darwish-Talab, Director of Social Services (East), Commission on Services to the Aging
Dennis Denno, Chief of Staff, State Senator Buzz Thomas
Azzam Elder, Wayne County Deputy CEO
Linda Saoud Hallmark, Governor’s Task Force on Children’s Justice
Imad Hamad, Michigan Advisory Committee to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Abed Hammoud, Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor
Ken Harb, Livonia Zoning Appeals Board; Livonia Brownfield Development Board
Nick Hawatmeh, Council of Commissions, City of Warren
Hassane Jamal, Director of Community and Economic Development, City of Dearborn Heights
Sally Shaheen Joseph, Michigan Women’s Commission, Office of Governor
Jumana Judeh, Vice President, Planning Commission, Dearborn
Abdul M. Mackie, Michigan Board of Counseling
Samir Mashni, State Mental Health Board
Mohamed Okdie, Wayne County Mental Health Board; Detroit Board of Police Commissioners
Claude Richards, Commission for the Blind
Hassan Saab, Deputy Director, Department of Public Services Wayne County
Noel Saleh, Michigan Advisory Committee to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Suzanne Sareini, Commission on Women
James Stokes, State Director of Appointments, Office of Governor Granholm
Alex Shami, Secretary, Dearborn’s Library Board of Commissioners
David Turfe, Zoning Board of Appeals Commission, Dearborn Heights

Advisory Commission on Arab and Chaldean American Affairs

Terry Ahwal, term expires 9/30/11
Abdulhakem A. Alsadeh, term expires 9/30/13
Fay Beydoun, term expires 9/30/13
Ahmed Chebbani
Hany G. Choulagh
Samir A. Danou, term expires 9/30/13
Charlene M. Elder, term expires 9/30/13; in addition a Judge 3rd Circuit Court
Haifa Fakhouri, President and CEO of the Arab American and Chaldean Council
Hesham E. Gayar, term expires 9/30/14
Shirley Mann Gray
Imad Hamad, director of the American-Arab Anti-Dscrimination Committee
Karen L. Henry
Alex Isaac, term expires 9/30/14; in addition a Member of the Genesee County Democratic Party
Karen L. Karam, term expires 9/30/13
John M. Mackay, term expires 9/30/14
Martin F. Manna, Executive Director of the Chaldean Federation of America
Radwan M. Mardini, term expires 9/30/14
Samir Mashni, term expired
Fatina Masri, term expires 9/30/14
Nida R. Samona, term expired
George H. Shalhoub, term expires 9/30/14
Basel K. Shatara
George C. Steeh, term expired; in addition a U.S. District Court Judge, Eastern District of Michigan

Judges

David Allen, Judge, 3rd Circuit Court, Wayne County
Annette Berry, Judge, 3Rd Circuit Court, Wayne County
Dianne Dickow D’Agostini, Oakland County District Judge (48th District)
Joseph J. Farah, Circuit Judge, Genesee County
Linda Saoud Hallmark, Probate Judge, Oakland County
Karen Khalil, Judge, 17th District Court
Charlene Mekled-Elder, Judge, 3rd Circuit Court
James J. Rashid, Wayne County Circuit Court Judge
Henry William Saad, Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals, 2nd district
Sam Salamey, Magistrate Judge, Dearborn District Court
George Steeh, U.S. District Court Judge, Eastern District of Michigan
David Turfe, District Court Judge, 20th District
Tracy A. Yokich, Circuit Court Judge, Macomb County

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Party Leaders

Rana Abbas, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 15th District
Albert Abbasse, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Kent County / 3rd District
Hassan Abraham, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 14th District
Masoud al-Awamleh, Officer at Large, Michigan Democratic Party
Fadwa Alawieh, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 14th District
Ali Baleed AlMaklani, Executive Director of the Yemen American Benevolent Association (Y.A.B.A.)
Nass AlRayashi, Officer at Large, Michigan Democratic Party
Ismael Ahmed, Associate Provost of Integrated Learning and Community Partnership at the University of Michigan-Dearborn; Vice President of the Michigan Democratic Party
James Amar, Labor Mediation Supervisor for the State of Michigan
Bilal Amen, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 14th District
Suehaila Amen, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 14th District
Anton Attard, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 15th District
Ghazalah Baydoun, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 14th District
Hassan Baydoun, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 14th District
Rashid Baydoun, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 15th District
Tarek M. Baydoun, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 15th District
Sarah Bazzi, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 15th District
Maryam Berri, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 14th District
Fay Beydoun, Officer at Large, Michigan Democratic Party; Precinct Delegate, Wayne County / 14th District
Jaafar Beydoun, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 11th District
Michael Chami, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 11th District
Ahmad Chebbani, Precinct Delegate, Wayne County Democratic Party; Executive Board 13 Cong Dist Democratic Party, Member, State Democratic Party
Kenwah Dabaja, Regional director for Michigan Young Democrats (13th, 14th and 15th Congressional Districts)
Ramzi Dalloo, Recording Secretary, Oakland County Democratic Party; Precinct Delegate. Oakland County / 9th District; Chairman of the Chaldean Democratic Caucus
Linda Fakhouri, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 14th District
Nisreen Fakhouri, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 14th District
Patricia Farhat, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Ingham County / 8th District
Abed Hammoud, Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Michigan located in Detroit
Abraham Harajli, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 15th District
Mark Hanna, Partner the public interest law firm, Murphy Anderson
Ken Harb, no longer service on the zoning board of appeals in Livonia, Michigan (term ended in July 2011)
Nicola Hawatmeh, Youth Chairman, Macomb County Republican Party; Vice President, Tri-City Republican Club
Alex Isaac, Member of the Executive Board, Genesee County Democratic Party; Precinct Delegate, Genesee County / 5th District
Ida Isaac, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Genesee County / 5th District
Linda Jaafar, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 15th District
Reda Jaber, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 14th District
Sandra Jaward, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 15th District
Sarah Jaward, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 15th District
Sally Shaheen Joseph, Commissioner on the Michigan Women's Commission (Third Term); 2010-2011 President of the Genesee Valley Rotary; Advisory Board Member of the Flint Area Salvation Army; Serves on the Arab-American Institute Executive Board and the Arab-American Institute National Policy Council
Jumana Judeh, Member, Democratic State Central Committee
Ray Kadry, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 15th District
Amira Kaid, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 14th District
Khitam “Kim” Kasham, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 14th District
Joumana Kayrouz, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Oakland County / 9th District
Sami Khaldi, Division Permit Engineer for Wayne County, MI; Vice President of the Dearborn Democratic Club; Former President of Arab American Engineers and Architect's Association of Michigan
Jonathan Khoury, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of MacombCounty / 12th District
Lillian Kishek, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Oakland County / 9th District
Abdul M. Mackie, Chairman, Dearborn Republican Club
Lillian Metry, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 13th District
Abe Munfakh, Chairman, 11th Congressional District Republican Party; Chairman of the board of the Arab American and Chaldean Council; serves on the Schoolcraft College Foundation Board as the president; member of the Plymouth, MI Foundation Board  
Jana Musleh, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 11th District
Anthony Nasser, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 15th District
Florence Nasser, Member Genesee County Democratic Party Executive Board
Victoria Nasser, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 15th District
John D. Nickola, Chairman, Genesee County Democratic Party; Precinct Delegate, GeneseeCounty / 5th District Chair, Arab American Democratic Party Caucus for the Executive Committee
Mohamed Okdie, Vice Chair, 13th Congressional District Democratic Party
Mohammad Qazzaz, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 14th District
Claude Richards, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 13th District, Vice-President, Grosse Point Democratic Club
Hussein Saghir, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 14th District
Eftikhar Saleh, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 14th District
Gamal Saleh, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Wayne County / 14th District
Taleb Salhab, Officer at Large, Michigan Democratic Part;
Wafa A. Sayed, Community Organizer, Michigan Caucus and Michigan State House of Representatives
Paul Sophiea, no longer holds public office
Jennifer Suidan, Precinct Delegate, Democratic Party of Oakland County / 11th District

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Minnesota

Appointed Officials

Ismail A. Ismail, Hennepin County Capital Budgeting Task Force; Eden Prairie, Board of Adjustments and Appeals

Party Leaders

Herb Mocol, Democratic State Central Committee; Chair, Blue Earth Democratic Party

Missouri

Elected Officials

Francis Slay, Mayor, City of St. Louis

Appointed Officials

Charles Karam, Vice-Chair, Board of Trustees, St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District

Party Leaders

Brian Wahby, Democratic Committeeman 7th Ward, Chair of St. Louis City Democratic Central Committee
Asma Raza, City of St. Louis Democratic party Committeewoman

New Hampshire

Elected Officials

Benjamin C. Baroody, State Representative (13th District), Assistant Democratic Leader, State House of Representatives

New Jersey

Elected Officials

Hassan Cona, Haledon City Council
 Samer Elbassiouny, Mayor of Washington Township
Hassan Fahmy, Councilman, Borough of Prospect Park Council
Randy George, Mayor of North Haledon
Mohamed T. Khairullah, Mayor of Prospect Park
Fehmi Khairullah, Board of Education for Prospect Park
Joseph Kyrillos, State Senator (13th District)
Ayman Mamkej, Municipal Chairman, Republican Party, City of Haledon
Hesham Mahmoud, County Committee, Republican Party of Bergen County
Scott Rumana, State Assemby (40th District)
William M. Saydah, River Vale City Council
Andre Sayegh, Patterson City Council (6th Ward)
George Shalhoub, President, Borough Council
Ziad Andrew Shehady, Mayor of Springfield

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Appointed Officials

Dr. Mahmoud Aqeal, Member of the Board of Managers of Preakness Hospital, Passaic County
Aref Assaf, Commissioner of New Jersey's Arab Heritage Commission; Member of New Jersey Governor's Ethnic Advisory Council
Tawfiq Barqawi, Gloucester County Human Relations Commission, New Jersey State Human Relations Council, New Jersey Arab Heritage Commission
Yosry H. Bekhiet, International Account Executive, New Jersey Commerce & Economic Growth Commission
Jo Ann Hajjar Byrnes, Board of the Graystone Park State Psychiatric Hospital
Sherine El-Abd, Council on Local Mandates; State of NJ Division on Women; New Jersey State Advisory Committee of the US Commission on Civil Rights
Nancy Shehata Fitterer, Chief of Staff of State Senator Jennifer Beck (R-12) and Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon (R-12)
Maha Munayyer Kabbash, Member of the Attorney General’s Arab and Muslim Advisory Committee
Samer Khalaf, Member, Governor’s Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Immigrant Policy; Attorney General’s Arab and Muslim Advisory Committee; NJ Executive Advisory Committee on Police Standards.
 Hani Khoury, Member of the Attorney General’s Arab and Muslim Advisory Committee
Anisa Mehdi, New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority
Bassima Mustafa, Commission on Bullying in Schools
Ceasar Nakhleh, West Paterson Board of Adjustment
Hany Mawla, Superior Court of the State of New Jersey, New Jersey Civil Rights Commission, Member of the Attorney General’s Arab and Muslim Advisory Committee
Sami Merhi, Commissioner, President, and Board of Managers, Preakness Hospital, Passaic County
Bassima Mustafa, New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund Board of Directors
Ahmed Shedeed, Deputy Mayor, Jersey City
Dr. Yousef Zibdie, West Paterson Board of Health

New Jersey Arab American Heritage Commission

Morad A. Abou-Sabe' Ph.D
Mr. Youssef Abdul-Samad
Mr. Ramy Adam Eid , Esq.
Dr. Siham Alfred
Dr. Aref Assaf
Tawfiq Barqawi
Mr. Montaha Deeb
Dr. Eman Hamad, MD
Mr. Abraham A. Kasbo
Dr. Philip M. Kayal Ph.D.
Mr. Samer E. Khalaf Esq
Mr. Hany A. Mawla Esq.
Ms. Anisa Mehdi
Mr. Salaheddin Mustafa
Ms. Ginan Rauf
Sarah Slaiman
Mr. Ahmed Soliman

Party Leaders

Aref Assaf, Morris County Republican Party Committeeman
Jo Ann Hajjar Byrnes, Morris County Democratic Party Committeewoman
Sherine El-Abd, President, New Jersey Federation of Republican Women; Member, Executive Committee; Passaic County Women's Republican Club; County Committee Woman, Passaic County Republican Committee
Samer Khalaf, Northern New Jersey Chair, Democrats 2000
Bassima Mustafa, Executive Board Member, New Jersey Democratic Future
Souzan Soliman, Treasurer, Women’s Republican Club of Middlesex County.
Nadia Younes, Middlesex County Republican Committeewoman, District 29

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New York

Elected Officials

Richard Hanna, U.S. Representative (R-24th District)
Thomas Libous, State Senator, 52st District, Head of Transportation Committee, Assistant Majority Leader
Abdul S. Noman, Lackawanna 1st Ward Councilman

Appointed Officials

John Abi-Habib, Committee Chair, Lebanese Heritage Community Committee
Therese Abi-Habib, Committee Member, 60 Assembly District
Jerry Kassar, Treasurer of Interstate Environmental Commission
Omar Mohammedi, Commissioner, New York City Commission on Human Rights Nader Sayegh, Board Chairman, Yonkers Parking Authority
Fatima Shama, Commissioner of The Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs
Gerard J. Kassar, Treasurer of Interstate Environmental Commission

Judges

Kevin M. Dowd, Judge, Chenango County
Joseph G. Owen, Supreme Court Justice, 9th Judicial Circuit
Anthony F. Shaheen, Justice, New York State Supreme Court, Oneida County
Didi M. Skaff, Administrative Law Judge, Dept. of Transportation

Party Leaders

John Abi-Habib, Vice Chair, Republican Party Kings County, Brooklyn Republican Party
Joan Dacken, Edmund Seergy Republican Club of Brooklyn
Joseph Elhilow, Brooklyn-Verrazano Republican Club
Jennifer Faucher, New York State Public Employees Federation AFL-CIO, Region 10 PAC Chair
Zehy Jereis, Chairman, Yonkers Republican Party and NY State Committee
Jerry Kassar, Vice Chair of NY State Conservative Party, Chair Kings County Conservative Party; Treasurer of Interstate

Environmental Commission

Maurice Salem, Chairman of East Fishkill New York Democratic Party
Majed Samarneh, Yonkers Democratic Party Precinct Chair
Nader Sayegh, Chair of the Independent Party

 

Nevada

Judges

George Assad, Judge, Department 3, Las Vegas Municipal Court

North Carolina

Party Leaders

George Maron El-Khouri, State Democratic Party Executive Committee

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Ohio

Elected Officials

Tim Ali, City Council, Middleburg Heights
William J. Bishilany, Service Director, Seven Hills
Timothy Bryan, Massillon City Council
Matt Joseph, Dayton City Commissioner
Mary Rose Oakar, State Board of Education
Jim Telb, Sheriff, Lucas County

Appointed Officials

Awatef Assad, Assistant Director of Law, City of Cleveland Department of Law
Slayman N. Bedra, Ohio Parole Board Member
Bruce Coury, Assistant Law Director, City of Parusa; Magistrate, City of Brook Park
John S. Coury, Assistant Canton City Law Director, Chief Civil Division
Linda Mansour, Toledo Labor Management Citizens’ Committee; Toledo Port Authority China Task Force; NW Ohio Global Task Force for the Lucas County Port Authority, University of Toledo Board of Trustees
Samuel J. Sliman, Director, Canton Civil Service Commission

Judges

Bruce Coury, Magistrate, City of Brook Park
Edward J. Elum, Judge, Massillon Municipal Court
Edmond Sargas, Federal District Court Judge, Southern District of Ohio
Mitchell Shaker, Judge, Trumbell County
Jack Zouhary, Federal District Court Judge, Northern District of Ohio

Party Leaders

Faouzi A Baddour, Precinct Chair, Cuyahoga County Democratic Party
Ali Faraz, Precinct Chair, Cuyahoga County Democratic Party
Jeffrey Kassouf, Executive Committee Member, Cuyahoga County Democratic Party
Layla Khouri, Precinct Chair, Cuyahoga County Democratic Party
Linda Mansour, Leadership Council Member, Ohio Democratic Party’s Women’s Caucus
Juliette M Saad, Precinct Chair, Cuyahoga County Democratic Party
Peter Sadie, Precinct Committeeman, Democratic Party
Yehia Shousher, Precinct Committeeperson, Democratic Party

Political Professionals

Ruth Abboud, Legislative Representative, Ohio State School Board
Omar Humadi, Ethnic Outreach, Ohio Democratic Party
Jeffrey Kassouf, Media Consultant, Take 1 Studios

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Oklahoma

Appointed Officials

Hassen A. Cara, Chamber of Commerce International Committee

Oregon

Judges

Philip T. Abraham, Senior Circuit Judge

Party Leaders

Nadia Sindi, Precinct Committee Person, Lane County Democratic Central Committee

Pennsylvania

Elected Officials

Robert M. Aber, Member, Board of Directors, Steel Valley School District
Camille "Bud" George, State Representative; also serves as a member of the Environmental Quality Board, PennVEST, the Wild Resource Conservation Board, the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control Committe, the House Democratic Policy Committee and the Powerful House Rules Committee 
Fadia Halma, Deputy Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party
Rose Hykel, Real Estate Tax Collector, Upper Merion Township
Diana Kazour, Borough Council, Baldwin Hills
Tracey Khalil, Borough Council, Jefferson Hills
Tom Makowski, Luzerne County Commissioner
Joanne Zogby, Councilwoman, Ringtown Borough

 

Joe Elias, Member, Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage Commission
Mahmoud K. Kobeissi, Human Relations Commissioner, Pottstown
Marwan Kreidie, Chairman, Pennsylvania Civil Service Commission
Kweilin Nassar, Commissioner, PA Human Relations Commission
Renee George Martin, Special Assistant for Legislative Affairs, Government Relations, Department of the Auditor General

Judges

James Albert, District Judge, Westmoreland County
Michael J, Koury Jr., Judge, Northampton County Court of Common Pleas
Joseph M. James, Judge, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas
Mark Mansour, District Judge, Westmoreland County
Gerald Solomon, Judge, Fayette County (14)
Thomas Yezbak, Judge, Uniontown

Party Leaders

Jack A. Hanna, Chair, Southwest Caucus of PA State Committee of the Democratic Party

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Rhode Island

Elected Officials

Scott D. Barr, Member, Lincoln School Committee
Hanna Gallo, State Senator (27-Cth District)
Paul Jabbour, State Senator, (District 5)
Joseph Solomon, Warwick City Council, Warwick
Michael Soloman, Providence City Councilman, Providence

Appointed Officials

James N. Allam, Chairman, Board of Canvassers and Elections, Woonsocket
Milan T. Azar, Legal Counsel, State House Labor Committee
Christine Jabour, Assistant Attorney General
George Lazieh, Special Assistant Attorney General
James L. Salome, Executive Director, Rhode Island Health and Education Building Authority, Providence
George Zainyeh, Office of Congressman Patrick Kennedy

Judges

Christine Jabour, Magistrate, District Court

Party Leaders

Thomas Lazieh, Central Falls Democratic Committee

South Carolina

Elected Officials

Vincent Sheheen, State Senator, 27th District

South Dakota

Elected Officials

Gene Adballah, State Senator (10th District)

Party Leaders

Samir Abu-Ghazaleh, retired and does not currently hold office
Qusi Al-Haj, Chairman, Pennington County Republican Party

Tennessee

Elected Officials

James Naifeh, Speaker, State House of Representatives, State Representative (81st District)

Judges

Janice M. Holder, State Supreme Court Justice

Party Leaders

Juliette Harb Howell, Treasurer, Davidson County Republican Club

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Texas

Elected Officials

Jack Abercia, Constable, Harris County, Precinct 1
Amir Omar, Second Term City Councilman in Richardson, Texas
Mark Strama, State Representative (50th District)

Appointed Officials

Saba Abashwal, Managing Director of Development, Houston Airport-Lead Houston Liaison to DHS, State, Commerce
Ahmed Rabie, Member, Mayoral Advisory Board for International Affairs and Development, Houston

Judges

Philip A. Kazen, Jr., Judge, 227th District Court, Bexar County
Alvin G. Khoury, Judge, 124th District Court
George P. Kazen, Senior Status, Federal District/Southern District

Party Leaders

Hany Al Qutub, Precinct Chair, Harris County Republican Party
Tarek Hussein, Precinct Chair, Harris County Republican Party
Eyad Ibrahim, Precinct Chair, Harris County Democratic Party
Ahmad Jarade, Precinct Chair , Harris County Republican Party
Farid Ibrahim Shawky, Precinct Chair, Harris County Democratic Party
Rita Stephan, Precinct Chair, Travis County Democratic Party

Vermont

Elected Officials

William N. Aswad, State Representative, Chittenden 3-1 District

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Virginia

Elected Officials

Jay Fisette, Member, Arlington County Board
David Ramadan, Delegate (R-87th District), Virginia House of Delegates

Appointed Officials

Hanif Akhtar, Member, Board of Directors, Pakistan American Business Association
Hady Amr, Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Middle East; USAID
Samiah Bahhur, Commissioner to the Consumer Protection Commission, Fairfax County
Peter G. Decker, Jr., Virginia Board of Corrections
Katrina Eid, Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
Frederick T. Hadeed, Commonwealth Health Research Board
Ahmed H. Hassan, Design-Build/Construction Management Review Board
Dr. Ali A. Hosseni, Senior Member, Executive Committee of the Virginia State Capitol Civil Rights Memorial Celebration Committee
Mary Haddad, State Council of Higher Education
Eva Teig Hardy, Vice-Chair, State Council of Higher Education
Nancy S. Kader, Member, Fairfax County Health Services Agency Board
Dr. Daoud Khairallah, Member, Fairfax County Human Rights Commission
Rafat Mahmood, Virginia Asian Advisory Board
Asaad Masri, Medical Foundation, University of Virginia
Mark R. Merhige, Board of Directors, Virginia Commonwealth University Health
Paul Noursi, Engineering Standards Review Committee
David-Imad Ramadan, Board of Visitors, George Mason University
Houeida Saad, Deputy General Counsel for Inoval Health Systems
Saba Shami, Chief Deputy of the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation
Khizar Wasti, Virginia Emergency Response Council

Judges

Robert G. Doumar, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern Virginia

Party Leaders

Maram Abdelhamid, Precinct Captain and Outreach/Visibility Vice-Chair, Arlington County Democratic Committee
Samer Alhashimi, Northern Virginia Business Republican Forum
Jamal Awamleh, Precinct Captain and Member of Resolutions Committee, Alexandria City Democratic Committee
Hady Amr, Precinct Captain, Arlington County Democratic Committee
Radi Barkett, Prince William County Republican Party
Miriam Balutis, Precinct Captain, Arlington County Democratic Committee

Samer Burgan, Precinct Captian, Arlington County Democratic Committee
George Doumar, Member, Fairfax County Republican Committee
Dr. Ayman Eldarwish, Cultural and Political Analyst on US-Middle East Affairs, Certified Diplomatic Arabic Conference Interpreter, Community Organizer
Yusif Farsakh, Precinct Captain, Arlington County Democratic Committee
Belkacem Hacene-Djaballah, Precinct Captain, Prince William County Democratic Committee
Mona Hamoui, Fairfax County Democratic Committee
Rich Joseph, Fairfax County Democratic Committee
Nancy Kader, Fairfax County Democratic Committee
Omar Kader, Fairfax County Democratic Committee
Terry Abdoo King, Substitute Teacher for Arlington Public Schools; Member of the Arlington Republican Women's Group; Reagan-Bush Alumni Group and the Bush-Quayle Alumni Group
Tarek Maaraba, Precinct Captain, Fairfax County Democratic Party
Paul Noursi, Fairfax County Democratic Committee
David-Imad Ramadan, Vice Chair, Ethnic Coalitions Committee, Republican Party of Virginia 
Mary Sahouri, President, Great Falls Republican Women’s Club
Sami Satouri, Precinct Captain, Fairfax County Democratic Committee

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West Virginia

Elected Officials

Virginia Conley,
John N. Ellem, House of Delegates (10th District)
Nick J. Rahall II, U.S. Representative (3rd District)
Mark A. Sadd, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; appointed in 2005 and then re-appointed in 2008
Doug Skaff Jr., House of Delegates (30th District)

Judges

Paul Zakaib, Jr., Circuit Court Judge, 13th Judicial Circuit

Party Leaders

Michael Kawash, 

Wisconsin

Elected Officials

Sura Faraj, Chairperson, Riverwest Neighborhood Association (Milwaukee)

Federal Officials

Appointed Officials

Azizah al-Hibri, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)
Joseph Ayoub, Director, Integrated Energy Statistics Division, Department of Energy
Michael Bouchard, Assistant Director/Field Operations, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
David Dowd, Jr., U.S. District Court Judge, Northern District of Ohio
Sandra Edwards, Department of Commerce, USEAC Director, International Trade Administration
Jafar Karim, South Dakota State Director, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development
Victoria Kennedy, President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Mike Korbey, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Commissioner, Social Security Administration
Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation
Sam LaHood, Special Assistant, Office of Strategic Communications and Planning, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
Mona Majzoub, U.S. District Court Magistrate, Eastern District of Michigan
Mark Sadd, Member, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
George Caram Steeh, U.S. District Court Judge, Eastern District of Michigan
E. Najla Tanous, USSBA District Counsel
Jay C. Zainey, U.S. District Court Judge, Eastern District of Louisiana

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